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Local city information for Chester, VT

Chester is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,044 at the 2000 census. The town was originally chartered by New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth as Flamstead in 1754. The terms of the charter were not met and the town was re-chartered as New Flamstead in 1761. In 1766 a third and final charter was granted and the town became Chester, named after George Augustus Frederick, the Earl of Chester and the eldest son of King George III.


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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 55.9 square miles (144.9 km²), of which, 55.9 square miles (144.8 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.09%) is water.

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